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Death Book Summaries

The Denial of Death Summary
The Denial of Death
by Ernest Becker 1973 336 pages
4.06
14k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Death
A Widow's Story Summary
A Widow's Story
by Joyce Carol Oates 2011 432 pages
3.75
4k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
On Grief and Grieving Summary
On Grief and Grieving
Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross 2005 256 pages
4.32
4k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Death
Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms Summary
Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms
Who and What You See Before You Die
by David Kessler 2010 163 pages
4.19
1k+ ratings
Spirituality
Psychology
Death
No Death, No Fear Summary
No Death, No Fear
Comforting Wisdom for Life
by Thich Nhat Hanh 2002 208 pages
4.22
5k+ ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Philosophy
Very Little...Almost Nothing Summary
Very Little...Almost Nothing
Death, Philosophy, Literature
by Simon Critchley 2004 232 pages
3.91
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Death
On Death and Dying Summary
On Death and Dying
What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross 1969 288 pages
4.16
27k+ ratings
Psychology
Death
Philosophy
The Worm at the Core Summary
The Worm at the Core
On the Role of Death in Life
by Sheldon Solomon 2015 274 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Death
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory Summary
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
by Caitlin Doughty 2014 254 pages
4.22
100k+ ratings
Memoir
Death
Science
Making Friends with Death Summary
Making Friends with Death
A Buddhist Guide to Encountering Mortality
by Judith L. Lief 2001 187 pages
4.25
100+ ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Death
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying Summary
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
by Sogyal Rinpoche 1992 425 pages
4.22
31k+ ratings
Spirituality
Buddhism
Philosophy
Death Summary
Death
An Inside Story
by Sadhguru 2020 376 pages
4.32
4k+ ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Self Help
The Etiquette of Illness Summary
The Etiquette of Illness
What to Say When You Can't Find the Words
by Susan P. Halpern 2004 256 pages
3.77
500+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Psychology
Knocking on Heaven's Door Summary
Knocking on Heaven's Door
The Path to a Better Way of Death
by Katy Butler 2013 322 pages
4.12
3k+ ratings
Memoir
Death
Medicine
It's OK That You're Not OK Summary
It's OK That You're Not OK
by Megan Devine 2017
4.37
12k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Mental Health
Staring at the Sun Summary
Staring at the Sun
Overcoming the Terror of Death
by Irvin D. Yalom 2008 306 pages
4.24
14k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Death
The End of Your Life Book Club Summary
The End of Your Life Book Club
by Will Schwalbe 2012 336 pages
3.81
55k+ ratings
Memoir
Books About Books
Biography
The Unwinding of the Miracle Summary
The Unwinding of the Miracle
A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After
by Julie Yip-Williams 2019 315 pages
4.10
10k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
The Five Invitations Summary
The Five Invitations
Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully
by Frank Ostaseski 2017 304 pages
4.47
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Death
Spirituality
Evidence of the Afterlife Summary
Evidence of the Afterlife
The Science of Near-Death Experiences
by Jeffrey Long 2010 215 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
Spirituality
Science
Death
Grief Works Summary
Grief Works
Stories of Life, Death and Surviving
by Julia Samuel 2018 320 pages
3.98
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Death
On Death Summary
On Death
by Timothy J. Keller 2020 128 pages
4.48
500+ ratings
Christian
Theology
Faith
The Grieving Brain Summary
The Grieving Brain
The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss
by Mary-Frances O'Connor 2022 236 pages
4.17
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
A Buddhist Grief Observed Summary
A Buddhist Grief Observed
by Guy Newland 2016 136 pages
3.98
100+ ratings
Buddhism
Philosophy
Memoir
Grace & Grit Summary
Grace & Grit
Spirituality & Healing in the Life & Death of Treya Killam Wilber
by Ken Wilber 1991 413 pages
4.47
1k+ ratings
Spirituality
Biography
Psychology
Passages in Caregiving Summary
Passages in Caregiving
Turning Chaos into Confidence
by Gail Sheehy 2010 416 pages
4.14
100+ ratings
Self Help
Health
Psychology
Bone Summary
Bone
Dying into Life
by Marion Woodman 2000 272 pages
4.12
100+ ratings
Memoir
Psychology
Spirituality
A Heart That Works Summary
A Heart That Works
by Rob Delaney 2022 196 pages
4.62
30k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Still Here Summary
Still Here
Embracing Aging, Changing and Dying
by Ram Dass 2000 206 pages
4.20
1k+ ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Death
The In-Between Summary
The In-Between
Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments
by Hadley Vlahos 2023 288 pages
4.51
41k+ ratings
Memoir
Death
Medical
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning Summary
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
by Margareta Magnusson 2017 117 pages
3.41
27k+ ratings
Self Help
Death
Memoir
A Matter of Death and Life Summary
A Matter of Death and Life
by Irvin D. Yalom 2021 240 pages
4.41
8k+ ratings
Psychology
Memoir
Philosophy
Life Between Lives Summary
Life Between Lives
Hypnotherapy for Spiritual Regression
by Michael Newton 2003 240 pages
4.24
1k+ ratings
Spirituality
Psychology
Religion
Did I Ever Tell You? Summary
Did I Ever Tell You?
by Genevieve Kingston 2024 288 pages
4.30
4k+ ratings
Memoir
Death
Biography
Why We Die Summary
Why We Die
The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality
by Venki Ramakrishnan 2024 320 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
Nothing to Fear Summary
Nothing to Fear
Demystifying Death to Live More Fully
by Julie McFadden 2024 240 pages
4.44
1k+ ratings
Death
Health
Psychology
After Summary
After
A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond
by Bruce Greyson 2021 272 pages
4.19
4k+ ratings
Science
Spirituality
Death
The Tibetan Book of the Dead Summary
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
by Padmasambhava 1350 535 pages
4.17
10k+ ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Spirituality
On Life after Death Summary
On Life after Death
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross 1984 82 pages
4.18
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Spirituality
Death
Chasing Daylight Summary
Chasing Daylight
How My Forthcoming Death Transformed My Life
by Eugene O'Kelly 2005 179 pages
3.93
3k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Business
How to Die Summary
How to Die
An Ancient Guide to the End of Life
by Seneca 2017 230 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Death
In Love Summary
In Love
A Memoir of Love and Loss
by Amy Bloom 2022 240 pages
4.26
23k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book Summary
There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book
by Robert M. Martin 1992 327 pages
4.01
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Puzzles
Science
Grief Is Love Summary
Grief Is Love
Living with Loss
by Marisa Renee Lee 2022 178 pages
4.17
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Mental Health
Consciousness Beyond Life Summary
Consciousness Beyond Life
The Science of the Near-Death Experience
by Pim van Lommel 2007 442 pages
4.06
1k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Spirituality
Briefly Perfectly Human Summary
Briefly Perfectly Human
Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End
by Alua Arthur 2024 272 pages
4.21
3k+ ratings
Memoir
Death
Self Help
Escape from Evil Summary
Escape from Evil
by Ernest Becker 1975 188 pages
4.39
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
After Annie Summary
After Annie
by Anna Quindlen 2024 283 pages
4.00
31k+ ratings
Family
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Two Women Walk into a Bar Summary
Two Women Walk into a Bar
by Cheryl Strayed 2024 31 pages
4.04
20k+ ratings
Memoir
Short Stories
Biography
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